Brief Life History of Ann
When Ann Bennion was born on 19 February 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, John Bennion, was 24 and her mother, Esther Ann Wainwright, was 27. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 7 September 1847, in Wyoming, Lambton, Canada West, British North America, at the age of 2, and was buried in Wyoming, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
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- Ann Bennion in household of John Bennion, "United States Census, 1850"
- Ann Bennion, "Find a Grave Index"
- Ann Bennion, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (2)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated
On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Einion, ap Eynon ‘son of Einion’ (see Eynon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Account of Ann Bennion's Death and Burial
Trail Excerpt Posted 25 Apr 2011 by marilynschrader_1 Bennion, John, [Letter], in Harden Bennion, The Bennion Family in Utah, vol. 1 [1931], 32-33. Having arrived safe at the place of our destinatio …
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